BEREA, OHIO – The Baldwin Wallace University men's swimming and diving teams defeated new Ohio Athletic Conference foe Defiance College in the BW Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Center.

The BW men, now 1-7 overall and 1-2 in the OAC, beat the Defiance men, 109-15.

The BW men were led by senior freestyler Matt Zych (Des Plaines, Ill./ Maine West) who won a pair of individual events as he captured the 50 free in 25.35 seconds and the 200 fly in 2:26.43. In addition, sophomore Bryan Gerber (Sagamore Hills/ Nordonia), freshman Sean Rudolph Jr. (Warrensville Heights), junior Bryan Hitch II (Lakewood/ Senior), sophomore Ronny Woodburn (Ashtabula/ Edgewood), junior All-OAC student-athlete Patrick Donohoe (Columbus/ Bishop Watterson) and freshman Justin Allison (Napoleon) each won an event and swam on a winning relay team.

Gerber won the 200 free in 1:54.75 and swam on the winning 200-yard medley relay team. Rudolph won the 200 IM in 2:24.86 and swam on the winning medley relay. Hitch won the 100 free in 57.92 seconds and swam on the winning medley relay. Woodburn won the 200 back in 2:30.36 and swam on the winning freestyle relay team, Donohoe won the 500 free in 5:25.61 and swam on the winning medley relay squad. And, Allison won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:23.94 and swam on the winning freestyle relay group.

The Yellow Jackets are idle until the new year.  The BW tankers begin the 2013 portion of the schedule on January 1 when the teams travel to Sarasota, Florida for their annual Fall/Winter Break trip from Jan. 1-12. BW will swim against OAC foe Transylvania (Ky.) University on Jan. 5 in Sarasota.

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